With a family, a hit show on the Travel Channel, and a series of books, Bourdain has toned it down a bit.

In this Nightline interview, Bourdain confesses between bouts of bleeped-out cursing that he spends a lot of this time watching Nick Jr. in his jammies with his daughter. Probably with a PBR and a big plate of street food at his side.

When asked if he has completely mellowed, Bourdain replies, "Angry Anthony is happy Anthony. Sometimes you just want to throw rocks at people."

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Laine Doss is the food and spirits editor for Miami New Times, covering the restaurant and bar scene in South Florida. She has been featured on Cooking Channel’s Eat Street and Food Network’s Great Food Truck Race. Doss won an Alternative Weekly award for her feature on what it’s like to wait tables. In a previous life, she appeared off-Broadway and shook many a cocktail as a bartender at venues in South Florida and New York City. When she’s not writing, you can find Doss running some marathon then celebrating at the nearest watering hole.